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creature be ftopt, itmuft fpeeclilydic,ancl pay the Debt 

 that's due to Nature. 



And as this Element juftly ntierits praife , fo do its 

 wing'd Inhabitants, both feeding and refrefhing Man- 

 kind : with their Bodies they perform the hrit, and the 

 latter with their harmonious Voices. 



The number of Heaven's airy Quire is fo great, 

 I cannot here well enumerate themj yet I rou(t not 

 pafs by thtfe nimble Mtjficians of the Air, which 

 warble forth fuch curious Notes as puzzle Art to imi- 

 tatc. 



I mean to fpeak of few, and firft of the Lark^: When 

 flic means to recreate her felf and hearers, (he quits the 

 Earth, and fings as flie afcends i and having made an 

 end of her heavenly Ditty , (he feems to fwound to 

 think flie muft dcfcend again unto the dull Earth, which 

 fhe would fcorn to tread but for necellity. 



Again, obferve how the Blacl^-bird and the Thrufh 

 contend who (hall with their unimitable Voices bid the 

 beli welcome to tlie fragrant Spring. 



Nor dorh the Nightingale come fhoft in breathing 

 out her loud Muiick through the fmall Organ of her 

 Throat. How have I oft admired in a Itill night the 

 clearncfs of her Airs, thefweetnefs of her Defcants, her 

 natural Pvillng"; and Fallings, her Doublings and Re- 

 doublings ! 



A'Tuch more might be faid of thefe , which I fl^aH 

 wave, being a digrfilion from my purpofe, which is to 

 ticat of another BirdofPleafure, viz. the Hawk^^ 



HErc note, that the Harvk is di(^inguiflicd into two 

 kindts> the Long-winged^ and Sbort-wingcd 



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